tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post3911817811840445582..comments2024-03-28T10:37:48.564-04:00Comments on PowerPop: I've Got Dreams To Remember You By (1934 - 2008)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-84565847306223175162008-11-26T00:50:00.000-05:002008-11-26T00:50:00.000-05:00Wasn't it CREEM that printed a bunch of those pain...Wasn't it CREEM that printed a bunch of those paintings when the book came out (in glorious black and white, at that)? And just leafing through it now, I was struck by the great portrait of the post-Brian Beach Boys stranded on a rainy beach next to a broken-down old jalopy with "Greed" painted on the hood...dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43866517959764530152008-11-25T18:49:00.000-05:002008-11-25T18:49:00.000-05:00Well Steve, Rock & Roll has mostly stayed vita...Well Steve, Rock & Roll has mostly stayed vital despite itself. The sixties were a magic time for our generation and each succeeding generation felt the same way about their generation's music until now.<BR/><BR/>If my students of this present decade are any indication they just don't burn for music the way the fans of the past have for R & R and music in general. The kids could care less what music I play in my classroom most of the time, a huge change from the past when roaring arguments would rage over what tunes we were going to play that day in class. <BR/><BR/>After 50 years is the bloom starting to fade off the rose of Rock & Roll for the younger generation?<BR/><BR/>ROTP(lumber)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-66237807350508998572008-11-25T10:57:00.000-05:002008-11-25T10:57:00.000-05:00Rock Dreams blew my young mind at the time. Many o...Rock Dreams blew my young mind at the time. Many of the images are indelible: Roy Orbison weeping on his motorcycle, the dead Sam Cooke on the motel room floor, a cornered Gene Vincent slumped and clutching a switchblade, the nude Mama Cass and Michelle Phillips in lotus positions...great stuff.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.com